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   Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK> Reading a novel "The standard of living", by Dorothy   
   AK> Parker,   
      
   *the* novel.   
      
   AK> I read this:   
   AK>   
   AK>    Annabel and Midge had been best friends almost from   
   AK>    the day that Midge had found a job as stenographer   
   AK>    with the firm that employed Annabel.   
   AK>   
   AK> How can I explain to my conscience the absence of "a"   
   AK> before "stenographer"? ;)   
      
   On my way to work I have encountered a difficult case in   
   Oscar Wilde's play "An Ideal Husband":   
      
   Mabel Chiltern:  But it is for an excellent charity: in aid   
      of the Undeserving, the only people I am really   
      interested in.  I am the secretary, and Tommy Trafford is   
      treasurer.   
      
   Mrs. Cheveley:  And what is Lord Goring?   
      
   Mabel Chiltern:  Oh! Lord Goring is president.   
      
   How can you explain "the secretary", "treasurer", and "president"?   
      
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